29 comments:

the song played during the countdown was YBTPR PART II. While I think this is a great song, I believe that the song voted for by most listeners would have been YBTPR PART I. I think you guys have made some sort of mistake. Can you play that song also?

I'd like to say that this countdown is the best thing I have ever heard. I hope you continue to play them. I look over the list and hate that I missed all these songs.

I heard Steve mention that, as the countdown got closer to #1, people would be hearing more songs that they liked. Well, I have heard great songs since #897.

Sometimes, I hear a song and wonder how could that be anyone's top 10, but I think it's great that they got the chance to hear their song on the radio - even if they used multiple computers or friends to get it into the top 897.

Could you say how many votes a song needed to make the countdown or even list the number of votes for each song - there must have been some ties.

The list is great, but I am surprised not to see two bands that were "discovered" in Baltimore by WCVT or WTMD that did not make the list. The Blue Nile, and Camel are being overlooked. Maybe I go back too far, but I never would have heard of those bands if not for this station. Also, WCVT was very big on a local artist, JoAnn Dodds (spelling may be in error). Whatever happened to her?

This was a lot of fun, and I loved following the countdown. Great music! I gotta say, though, that I am surprised at how few women appeared in the top 100, and none in the top 20. I realize this is a reflection of the listeners, but it is disappointing. I'd be interested in others' thoughts about this.

The countdown has made wonderful radio, I have listened to a lot of public radio and therefore pledge drives. This is one pledge drive I did not mind tuning into. What a great idea please repeat it next year. It was amazing how close to my taste the majority of the music was. Just shows you have great listeners.

You guys did an awesome job with the ountdown. It was really fascinating to see what made the list. I am sure a cultural anthropologist would have a field day! One minor request. Can you guys update 492 the Velvet Underground with the name of the song? Thanks!!!

Very Cool!Sorry I missed this countdown, the list is awesome, songs I hadn't thought of or heard in years. I'm a little old for the college radio scene (44), but the majority of these songs a among my favorites. (and my 17 year old daughter, who is also a listener--with an 89.7 bumper sticker on her car--is familiar with he Death Cab for Cutie, et al.Great job, hope to vote next year--if you do it again!

We will be compiling much of the information you're asking about the countdown. Some of will be posted here, and some will publishied in our e-newsletter so make sure you're on the list to receive it. You can sign up at http://wtmd.org

Wow-can't believe "Billie Jean" or any other Michael Jackson solo song didn't make the list...must be his unpopularity in public opinion. Plus--Madonna only got one. No "Vogue" or "Borderline" or "Express Yourself"--songs that really evoke their respective eras. And no "Joey" by Concrete Blonde. Minor quibbles. Fantastic list!

Sure, U2 has made some great songs ("Bad" being my favorite), but there's way too much U2 on this list! And only one B-52's song? (the fair-to-middling-for-them "Love Shack" at that) Ever heard of "Rock Lobster" at least?

667 - The Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23 was a big hit but is a note for note copy of the original recording by Shuggie Otis. Only 16 years old at the time, Shuggie wrote, performed, and arranged the track.

Great album called Freedom Flight and produced by his father, the great Johnny Otis. He had some heavyweight musicians on that record like George Duke, Wilton Felder, and Aynsley Dunbar.

I wonder what happened to him. I thought he was going to be a major artist after that effort.

Glad to see Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons made it to these lists, but surprised that "Love Hurts" did not make it. It's arguably the best version of the song written by one of the best songwriters in history.

Only 1 Rush song? The people that think they get Rush never really got Rush. The Spirit of Radio was about a radio station in Canada that played truly alternative music before commercialism turned stations like the old 70's HFS into the modern day TMDs of the world. If you remember WGTB you know what I am talking about.